Dakota Johnson gets an unwelcome hand in creepy new Suspiria clip

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A brand new clip from Suspiria has surfaced online, giving us a glimpse of stars Tilda Swinton and Dakota Johnson at the dance academy — where even a simple lesson can turn sinister.

"I want to start work on a new piece," says Madame Blanc (Swinton) to the students assembled on the floor of the dance studio. "A piece about rebirths — the inevitable pull that they exert, and our efforts to escape them."

That sounds somewhat ominous already, and it becomes clear that Blanc, the company's artistic director, is focusing on student Susie Bannion (Johnson) when she instructs the other students to learn the dance but asks Susie to "improvise freely at its heart."

The dance begins normally enough, with Susie undulating in the middle of the floor as the other students gyrate around her — but then suddenly a vision seems to intrude into Susie's mind and throw her off:

Video of Suspiria - Clip: Improvise Freely | Amazon Studios

We have no idea who those talons belong to, but since the dance academy is home to a malevolent supernatural force, we're guessing it's not the janitor. Is Susie channeling some insidious power through the ritualistic dance she is doing? All will be revealed when Suspiria — a remake of legendary Italian director Dario Argento's 1977 genre classic — arrives in theaters this fall.

As it turns out, horror fans in New York and Los Angeles eager to see filmmaker Luca Guadagnino's reimagining of the tale are in luck: Amazon Studios will open the movie a week early in those two cities, on Oct. 26, while the rest of the country will get to see it starting Nov. 2 (if you are the globetrotting type, you can catch its premiere this Saturday, Sept. 1, at the Venice Film Festival).